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Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Locating Information About Oracle Solaris Commands
2. Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)
3. Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)
4. Booting and Shutting Down an Oracle Solaris System
5. Working With Oracle Configuration Manager
6. Managing Services (Overview)
9. Managing System Information (Tasks)
What's New in Displaying and Changing System Information
Support for Administratively Provided driver.conf Files
Displaying System Information (Task Map)
How to Display a System's Release Information
How to Display a System's Host ID Number
How to Display a System's Product Name
How to Display a System's Installed Memory
How to Display Default and Customized Property Values for a Device
How to Display the Date and Time
Identifying Information About Chip Multithreading Features
How to Display a System's Physical Processor Type
How to Display a System's Logical Processor Type
Changing System Information (Task Map)
10. Managing System Processes (Tasks)
11. Monitoring System Performance (Tasks)
12. Managing Software Packages (Tasks)
14. Scheduling System Tasks (Tasks)
15. Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using CUPS (Tasks)
16. Managing the System Console, Terminal Devices, and Power Services (Tasks)
17. Managing System Crash Information (Tasks)
18. Managing Core Files (Tasks)
19. Troubleshooting System and Software Problems (Tasks)
20. Troubleshooting Miscellaneous System and Software Problems (Tasks)
This section describes commands that enable you to change general system information.
# date mmddHHMM[[cc]yy]
Month, using two digits.
Day of the month, using two digits.
Hour, using two digits and a 24-hour clock.
Minutes, using two digits.
Century, using two digits.
Year, using two digits.
See the date(1) man page for more information.
Example 9-8 Manually Setting a System's Date and Time
The following example shows how to use the date command to manually set a system's date and time.
# date Monday, September 13. 2010 02:00:16 PM MDT # date 0921173404 Thu Sep 17:34:34 MST 2010
Edit the message-of-the-day file, /etc/motd, to include announcements or inquiries to all users of a system when they log in. Use this feature sparingly, and edit this file regularly to remove obsolete messages.
$ su - Password: #
Note - This method works whether root is a user or a role.
Edit the text to include the message that will be displayed during user login. Include spaces, tabs, and carriage returns.
$ cat /etc/motd Welcome to the UNIX Universe. Have a nice day.
Example 9-9 Setting Up a Message-Of-The-Day
The default message-of-the-day, which is provided when you install Oracle Solaris software, contains version information. The following example shows an edited /etc/motd file that provides information about system availability to each user who logs in.
$ cat /etc/motd The system will be down from 7:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, for upgrades and maintenance. Do not try to access the system during those hours. Thank you.
# svccfg -s svc:/system/identity:node setprop config/nodename = some-name